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#16 Post by Willopotomas » Wed May 26, 2010 5:31 pm

MIG is a handy tool.. Have a 260amp version meself. :smt003

Hydralic bike lifts are also man's tools.. along with bolt croppers, bench grinders and pillar drills.. :smt001
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#17 Post by Shebee » Wed May 26, 2010 5:54 pm

:smt006

Angle grinder, Mig welder, huge propane gas torch for silver soldering, milling machine, lathe, compressor and a huge 2 oven range (ideal for heat treating aluminium and garlic bread) ... not bad for a girl :smt003


... but Im not allowed a chain saw after I took the top off my finger with the hedge trimmer.
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#18 Post by HowardQ » Wed May 26, 2010 6:18 pm

I've got a hammer :smt009
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#19 Post by Kwackerz » Wed May 26, 2010 6:23 pm

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssstop!!







Hammer time! :smt001
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#20 Post by Falcorob » Wed May 26, 2010 6:28 pm

HowardQ wrote:I've got a hammer :smt009
End of thread if you have duct tape as well Howard, because, in reality, they're the onlt two tools a proper man should ever need. (And maybe a bit of string every now and then) :smt002
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#21 Post by Pierre » Wed May 26, 2010 6:34 pm

I just bought 3 of them anti-recoil plastic club hammers to go with my couple of 3lb lumpers.

And a big cold chisel. Always good for those swingarm nuts.


edit: and wait till mr.hacksaws business takes off. Theres some pretty cool power saws out there :smt007

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#22 Post by back_marker » Wed May 26, 2010 6:43 pm

Falcorob wrote:
HowardQ wrote:I've got a hammer :smt009
End of thread if you have duct tape as well Howard, because, in reality, they're the onlt two tools a proper man should ever need. (And maybe a bit of string every now and then) :smt002
Now you're missing the point here. Man tools aren't about needing something they're all about just having the biggest, most powerful tool you can lay your hands on. And as mentioned it gets extra points for running on petrol, especially premix.
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#23 Post by MartDude » Wed May 26, 2010 6:54 pm

And if it involves fire as well.
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#24 Post by Samray » Wed May 26, 2010 6:54 pm

back_marker wrote:
Now you're missing the point here. Man tools aren't about needing something they're all about just having the biggest, most powerful tool you can lay your hands on. And as mentioned it gets extra points for running on petrol, especially premix.
Yep. Dildos don't. :smt002
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#25 Post by Falcorob » Wed May 26, 2010 6:54 pm

back_marker wrote:
Falcorob wrote:
HowardQ wrote:I've got a hammer :smt009
End of thread if you have duct tape as well Howard, because, in reality, they're the onlt two tools a proper man should ever need. (And maybe a bit of string every now and then) :smt002
Now you're missing the point here. Man tools aren't about needing something they're all about just having the biggest, most powerful tool you can lay your hands on. And as mentioned it gets extra points for running on petrol, especially premix.
Who said anything about small hammers? I've got an 8lb lump hammer. And I've definitely seen petrol driven jackhammers. I've also got an air impact driver which will shift just about anything. I've also got a humungous torque wrench which will go up to about 500 ft/lb (which I use as a breaker bar more often than not). Granted none of these are petrol but the hedge trimmers and brush cutters I've got are. And if I had a lawn bigger than a 50p piece I'd get myself a petrol mower too. And the chainsaw I keep promising myself will one day work it's way into the Falcorob tool shed. Oh yes. :smt003
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#26 Post by Kwackerz » Wed May 26, 2010 6:57 pm

MartDude wrote:And if it involves fire as well.

:smt023
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#27 Post by Nooj » Wed May 26, 2010 7:51 pm

Don't know if it counts as a proper tool, it's a bit obscure for most people's toolboxes, I have a four foot length of gas pipe that regularly comes in handy for extending breaker bars and general leverage uses.
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#28 Post by back_marker » Wed May 26, 2010 7:54 pm

Nooj wrote:Don't know if it counts as a proper tool, it's a bit obscure for most people's toolboxes, I have a four foot length of gas pipe that regularly comes in handy for extending breaker bars and general leverage uses.
Yup got one of them but it's a mere two foot long. I find it also useful for chasing off the local snotty kids when they start kicking footballs at the garage doors
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#29 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed May 26, 2010 8:50 pm

think jadaris has one as well - and she also calls it her real man tool...

mind you, she does start her vibrators with a pull cord so....


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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#30 Post by Nooj » Thu May 27, 2010 3:58 pm

Which makes a better vibrator, two stroke or four stroke? I guess the more strokes the better :smt003
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